Huskies Win Mariners Shutout

The Washington Huskies played an important Pac-12 game against the USC Trojans. The Huskies had to win to stay in the race since they had lost already to the California Bears.

The Huskies won 28-14. The difference was the Huskies scoring 14 points in the first quarter without giving up any points.  Also, the Huskies defense caused three interceptions including a big one in the third quarter. USC had just run the ball for 59 yards by running back Stephen Carr; however, quarterback Matt Fink threw an interception. On the second play after the reception Huskies running back, Salvon Ahmed went 89-yards to score. A swing of 14 points; had the Trojans scored it would have put them within seven points.

The Seattle Mariners were shutout by the Oakland A’s Saturday night 1-0. It was the second loss in a row for starter Marco Gonzales who was trying for his 17^th win on the season. So he has to settle for 16. The previous start he didn’t have run support either losing 2-1.

The one run the A’s got was a home run from right fielder Ramon Laureano in the third inning. It was Laureano’s 24^th home run of the season. Both teams had six hits on the night.

Gonzales went seven innings for the Mariners giving him 203 on the season his highest in the major leagues. He ends the season with a record of 16-13 with an ERA of 3.99.

The Mariners had two runners on base with two outs in the 9^th inning but Tim Lopes pop out to end the game. The Mariners haven’t scored any more than one run in their last six games except the win Friday night when they did a comeback to beat the A’s 4-3. The win for the A’s means the wildcard game against Tampa Bay will take place in Oakland.

Justin Dunn will start Sunday the last game of the season against the A’s. Tommy Milone who was supposed to follow Dunn is hurt so it will be the bullpen the rest of the way.

My next two stories on the Mariners will be the final game Sunday followed by the recap of the season.

The Utah Utes beat the Washington State Cougars at home 38-13. The Cougars were only able to score a touchdown along with two fields. The Utes shutout the Cougars in the second half while scoring 17 points themselves after leading 21-13 at half-time; this was the second loss in a row with the Cougars losing to UCLA last weekend.

The Cougars have next weekend off before facing Arizona State on the road the following Saturday.  The Cougars are 3-2 overall but have a 0-2 mark in the Pac-12 conference. It will be important the Cougars get back on track.